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NASB | 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life]. |
Bible Question:
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." I quote the words of C.H. Spurgeon "I am an old creature by nature; God creates me into a new thing, he makes me a new creature. I cannot go back into an old creature, for I cannot be uncreated." |
Bible Answer: Brother Robert, Good to see you here. The following was posted on another thread, but it seems to be pertinent here. Someone asked if after putting on Christ we could puf off Christ. This was a response: In Gal 3:27 we are informed that we have put on Christ, by virtue of the fact we have been baptized (by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:13)) into Christ. That would be a positional or passive fact. We have put on Christ. The Holy Spirit has done it for us. In Rom 13:14 we are asked to put on the Lord Jesus Christ. That would be a practical application of the concept and it would involve our active participation. It would therefore seem that in order to take off Christ (positionally) we would have to be unabaptized (by the Holy Spirit) out of him. And who can imagine that? It’s like being unborn? And how can that happen? |
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